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On this course, you'll also build an app that combines key features of the .NET Framework 4.5. You'll be prepared for and sit exam 70-483: Programming in C# at the Firebrand training centre,
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Hands-on labs

Lab partner and group exercises

Question and answer drills

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Course 20483C: Programming in C#

Module 1: Review of Visual C# Syntax

In this module, you will learn about some of the core features provided by the .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual Studio. You will also learn about some of the core Visual C# constructs that enable you to start developing .NET Framework applications.

Lessons

Overview of Writing Application by Using Visual C#

Data Types, Operators, and Expressions

Visual C# Programming Language Constructs

Lab: Implementing Edit Functionality for the Students List

Implementing Insert Functionality for the Students List

Implementing Delete Functionality for the Students List

Displaying a Student’s Age

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the architecture of .NET Framework applications and the features that Visual Studio 2017 and Visual C# provide

In this module, you will learn how to create and use methods and how to handle exceptions. You will also learn how to use logging and tracing to record the details of any exceptions that occur.

Lessons

Creating and Invoking Methods

Creating Overloaded Methods and Using Optional and Output Parameters

Handling Exceptions

Monitoring Applications

Lab: Extending the Class Enrolment Application Functionality

Refactoring the Enrolment Code

Validating Student Information

Saving Changes to the Class List

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create and invoke methods

Create overloaded methods and use optional parameters

Handle exceptions

Monitor applications by using logging, tracing, and profiling

Module 3: Basic types and constructs of Visual C#

In this module, you will learn how to create and use structs and enums, organise data into collections, and create and subscribe to events.

Lessons

Implementing structs and enums

Organising Data into Collections

Handling Events

Lab: Writing the Code for the Grades Prototype Application

Adding Navigation Logic to the Grades Prototype Application

Creating Data Types to Store User and Grade Information

Displaying User and Grade Information

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create and use structs and enums

Use collection classes to organise data

Create and subscribe to events

Module 4: Creating Classes and Implementing Type-Safe Collections

In this module, you will learn how to use interfaces and classes to define and create your own custom, reusable types. You will also learn how to create and use enumerable, type-safe collections of any type.

Lessons

Creating Classes

Defining and Implementing Interfaces

Implementing Type-Safe Collections

Lab: Adding Data Validation and Type-Safety to the Application

Implementing the Teacher, Student, and Grade Structs as Classes

Adding Data Validation to the Grade Class

Displaying Students in Name Order

Enabling Teachers to Modify Class and Grade Data

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Create and instantiate classes

Create and instantiate interfaces

Use generics to create type-safe collections

Module 5: Creating a Class Hierarchy by Using Inheritance

In this module, you will learn how to use inheritance to create class hierarchies and to extend .NET Framework types.

Lessons

Creating Class Hierarchies

Extending .NET Framework Classes

Lab: Refactoring Common Functionality into the User Class

Refactoring Common Functionality into the User Class

Implementing Password Complexity by Using an Abstract Method

Creating the ClassFullException Custom Exception

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Create base classes and derived classes by using inheritance

Create classes that inherit from .NET Framework classes

Module 6: Reading and Writing Local Data

In this module, you will learn how to read and write data by using transactional file system I/O operations, how to serialise and deserialise data to the file system, and how to read and write data to the file system by using streams.

Lessons

Reading and Writing Files

Serialising and Deserialising Data

Performing I/O by Using Streams

Lab: Generating the Grades Report

Serialising Data for the Grades Report as XML

Previewing the Grades Report

Persisting the Serialised Grade Data to a File

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Read and write data to and from the file system by using file I/O

Convert data into a format that can be written to or read from a file or other data source

Use streams to send and receive data to or from a file or data source

Module 7: Accessing a Database

In this module, you will learn how to create and use entity data models (EDMs) and how to query many types of data by using Language-Integrated Query (LINQ).

Lessons

Creating and Using Entity Data Models

Querying Data by Using LINQ

Lab: Retrieving and Modifying Grade Data

Creating an Entity Data Model from The School of Fine Arts Database

Updating Student and Grade Data by Using the Entity Framework

Extending the Entity Data Model to Validate Data

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Create, use, and customise an EDM

Query data by using LINQ

Module 8: Accessing Remote Data

In this module, you will learn how to use the request and response classes in the System.Net namespace to directly manipulate remote data sources. You will also learn how to use Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Data Services to expose and consume an entity data model (EDM) over the web.

Lessons

Accessing Data Across the Web

Accessing Data by Using OData Connected Services

Lab: Retrieving and Modifying Grade Data Remotely

Creating a WCF Data Service for the SchoolGrades Database

Integrating the Data Service into the Application

Retrieving Student Photographs Over the Web (If Time Permits)

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Send data to and receive data from web services and other remote data sources

Access data by using WCF Data Services

Module 9: Designing the User Interface for a Graphical Application

In this module, you will learn how to use Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to create engaging UIs.

Lessons

Using XAML to Design a User Interface

Binding Controls to Data

Lab: Customising Student Photographs and Styling the Application

Customising the Appearance of Student Photographs

Styling the Logon View

Animating the StudentPhoto Control (If Time Permits)

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Use XAML to design a UI

Bind a XAML control to data

Apply styles to a XAML UI

Module 10: Improving Application Performance and Responsiveness

In this module, you will learn how to improve the performance of your applications by distributing your operations across multiple threads.

Lessons

Implementing Multitasking

Performing Operations Asynchronously

Synchronising Concurrent Access to Data

Lab: Improving the Responsiveness and Performance of the Application

Ensuring That the UI Remains Responsive When Retrieving Teacher Data

Providing Visual Feedback During Long-Running Operations

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Use the Task Parallel Library to implement multitasking

Perform long-running operations without blocking threads

Control how multiple threads can access resources concurrently

Module 11: Integrating with Unmanaged Code

In this module, you will learn how to interoperate unmanaged code in your applications and how to ensure that your code releases any unmanaged resources.

Lessons

Creating and Using Dynamic Objects

Managing the Lifetime of Objects and Controlling Unmanaged Resources

Lab: Upgrading the Grades Report

Generating the Grades Report by Using Word

Controlling the Lifetime of Word Objects by Implementing the Dispose Pattern

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Integrate unmanaged code into a Microsoft Visual C# application by using the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR)

Control the lifetime of unmanaged resources and ensure that your application releases resources

Module 12: Creating Reusable Types and Assemblies

In this module, you will learn how to consume existing assemblies by using reflection and how to add additional metadata to types and type members by using attributes. You will also learn how to generate code at run time by using the Code Document Object Model (CodeDOM) and how to ensure that your assemblies are signed and versioned, and available to other applications, by using the global assembly cache (GAC).

Lessons

Examining Object Metadata

Creating and Using Custom Attributes

Generating Managed Code

Versioning, Signing, and Deploying Assemblies

Lab: Specifying the Data to Include in the Grades Report

Creating and Applying the IncludeInReport attribute

Updating the Report

Storing the Grades

Utilities Assembly Centrally (If Time Permits)

After completing this module, you will be able to:

Use reflection to inspect and execute assemblies

Create and consume custom attributes

Generate managed code at run time by using CodeDOM

Version, sign, and deploy your assemblies to the GAC

Module 13: Encrypting and Decrypting Data

In this module, you will learn how to implement symmetric and asymmetric encryption and how to use hashes to generate mathematical representations of your data. You will also learn how to create and manage X509 certificates and how to use them in the asymmetric encryption process.

Microsoft Official Curriculum

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Before attending this course, you must have at least three months of professional development experience. ​More specifically, you should have hands-on experience using C# that demonstrates their understanding of the following:

How to create the code syntax for simple programming statements using C# language keywords and recognise syntax errors using the Visual Studio IDE

How to create a simple branching structure using an IF statement

How to create a simple looping structure using a For statement to iterate through a data array

How to use the Visual Studio IDE to locate simple logic errors

How to create a Function that accepts arguments (parameters and returns a value of a specified type

How to design and build a simple user interface using standard controls from the Visual Studio toolbox

How to connect to a SQL Server database and the basics of how to retrieve and store data

How to sort data in a loop

How to recognise the classes and methods used in a program

How to name, declare, initialise and assign values to variables within an application

You should also know how to use:

arithmetic operators to perform arithmetic calculations involving one or more variables

relational operators to test the relationship between two variables or expressions

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Just call us on +34 911 23 77 24 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants.

Firebrand is an immersive environment and requires commitment. Some prerequisites are simply guidelines; you may find your unique experience, attitude and determination enables you to succeed on your accelerated course.

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